Miles residents, retune your digital television again today

Emma Heron
Journalist Chinchilla News
I am the quintessential city girl who went bush to follow my passion for journalism.
In search of some sunshine and a good story, I left a marketing job in Melbourne and started my new career at Chinchilla News.
After experiencing journalism in front of the camera and from behind a radio desk, Chinchilla News is my first foray into print.
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These moves are part of a national retune programme that will free up broadcasting spectrum for new services such as mobile broadband.

The date of the retune for each area depends on which tower viewers receive their signal from.

Key dates:

Miles viewers will need to retune their TV on 4 August after 3.30pm

Tara viewers will need to retune their TV on 5 August after 3.30pm

Toowoomba and surrounds viewers will need to retune their TV from 12 August after 3.30pm.

Retuning is done using the remote. For most systems press the 'menu' button on the remote. Look for settings such as 'channels' or 'auto-tuning' and follow the prompts to retune.

The retune is scheduled to avoid evenings and weekends.

There may be some temporary disruption to all TV services on retune day.

Service outages on the days before and after the retune may also be necessary, due to work being conducted at the transmission site.

As the retune simply moves free-to-air TV channels to a new location on the broadcast spectrum, it is unlikely to change TV reception or coverage.

For more information about the retune, scheduled outages, or to sign up for an SMS or email reminder, visit the retune website, or call the Digital Ready Information Line on 1800 20 10 13, 8am to 10pm (AEST), 7 days.